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Compact camera module with lens array

  • US 8,289,409 B2
  • Filed: 08/25/2010
  • Issued: 10/16/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2010
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A camera module, comprising:

  • a plurality of lenses with different focal lengths;

    a supporting plate defining a plurality of through holes receiving the corresponding lenses;

    an image sensor comprising a sensing area configured for receiving light through the lenses and the through holes and converting the light into electrical signals;

    a spacer positioned between the supporting plate and the image sensor, the spacer defining a plurality of apertures spatially corresponding to the lenses; and

    a processor electrically connected to the image sensor, the processor configured for processing the electrical signals to form sub-images of a same view of same objects with different depths of field and then combining the sub-images into a final image.

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